Diagram, gesture, agency: Theorizing embodiment in the mathematics classroom

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Volumn 80, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 133-152

  de Freitas, Elizabeth ^a   Sinclair, Nathalie ^b  

^a ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agency; Diagram; Embodiment; Gesture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859268698     PISSN: 00131954     EISSN: 15730816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10649-011-9364-8     Document Type: Article

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